Ever since I renounced
home in November, 1988 and took celibacy vow at Ankloose in Maharashtra
state; and thereafter Gandhar Acharya Shri Kunthu Sagar ji Maharaj
initiated me as a nude Jain monk in February, 1989 at the holy mount Sri
Sammed Sikharji, I always aspired to kindle the flame of eternal truth in
man by creating a stir in his thought-realm.

It is my confirmed belief
that by gradual change in ‘outlook’ on life i.e., the

tendency of looking to the
needs of external body alone, the blessed souls, who ‘in-look’

i.e., look to the inner
soul ultimately attain salvation one day.

我坚定的相信，对生命表象的看法，即仅关注身体外部需要的趋势，通过逐渐的变化，受到祝福的内心灵魂，即最终通向内心的灵魂，总有一天会得到解脱。

Because so long as their
inner soul slumbers and the body or the outer man awakes, they rejoice in
material pursuits and sensuous pleasures. But when their inner soul
awakens their bodily requirements go in deep slumber. In that state the
soul alone exists but the physical body perishes.

In the absence of the body
they get rid of the cycle of births and deaths; for when they become
‘independent’ i.e., depend on the inner or their real self, they become
truly independent from carnal desires and physical objects and their
spiritual existence alone subsists.

没有躯体，他们摆脱了生死轮回；因为当他们变得独立，即依靠内心或真我，他们就从肉欲和外部事物中真正的独立出来，他们的精神能够独立的存在。

This book describes in
detail the Ten Universal Virtues enumerated differently by renowned
scholars in Jain scriptures. The ten virtues are:

These ten virtues have
been divided in two parts on the basis of ‘Paryaya-Naya’ i.e., the model
point of view, and ‘Dravya-Naya’ i.e., the substantial point of view; or
in spiritual terminology ‘Vyavahara-Naya’ i.e., the practical point of
view and ‘Nishchaya-Naya’ i.e., the realistic point of view. The
householders are ordained for partial observation and the ascetics for
absolute observation of these virtues.

From the above view points
these ten virtues have been further classified into forty categories. The
adjective ‘Supreme’ has been used with these ten virtues with three
viewpoints:

从以上观点来看，这十大美德可进一步分为四类。从以上三种观点来看，形容词“至上的”用来形容十大美德：

(i)Forgiveness given with
perfect faith is called supreme forgiveness.

具备完美信念的宽恕称为无上的宽恕。

(ii) Forgiveness given
by an ascetic who observes the great vows is known as supreme forgiveness.

由遵守誓言的苦行者给予的宽恕被认为是无上的宽恕。

(ii)Ordinarily the virtue of
forgiveness has been assigned the first place among virtues and is
regarded superb in the world; from this viewpoint also forgiveness is the
supreme virtue.

通常宽恕被认为是世上最优秀的品德而放在众多美德中的首位；从这点来看，宽恕也是无上的美德。

Pertaining to the use of
the adjective ‘Supreme’, the sermon of Acharya Uma Swamy

is also worth remembering:

关于形容词“至上的”的使用，Acharya
Uma Swamy的训诫也是值得牢记在心的：

‘Utamkshmamardvarjvshochstyanymtpstyagaiknynybrhmyrari Dharma’

(Tattvartha Sutra: Section
IX, Sutra 6)

There are other versions
of ten virtues in Jain philosophy:

在耆那教哲理中对十大美德还有其他的叙述。

‘Athahimsa kasha Satyam,
shuchi shradhendryasanyam,

Danmijaya tapodhyanam,
dashakam dharmsadhnam’

It means religion has ten
ways and means:

它意味着宗教有十种方法和途径。

1. Ahimsa -
Non-violence 非暴力

2. Kshma –
Forgiveness 宽恕

3. Satya –
Truthfulness 善言

4. Shuchitva –
Purity 纯洁

5. Shradha –
Faith 信仰

6. Indriya Sanyam -
Restraint on senses 感官约束

7. Dana –
Charity 博爱

8. Puja - Devotion or
worship 虔诚

9. Tapa –
Penance 苦行

10. Dhayana –
Meditation 冥思

‘Sanyam sunritshoch,
brahmakichanta Tapa,

Kshanti mardvmrijuta, muktishch dashdha sa tu’

It means, this religion
which preaches universal well-being is of ten kinds:

它意味着这个宣扬普遍幸福的宗教可分为十类：

1. Sanyam -
Self-restraint 自律

2. Satya –
Truthfulness 善言

3. Pavitrata –
Purity 纯洁

4. Brahmacarya –
Chastity 禁欲

5. Akinchanya -
Non-attachment 情戒

6. Tapa –
Penance 苦行

7. Shanty –
Peace 禅定

8. Vineysheelta –
Humility 谦卑

9. Nishkapat Vyavhar -
Deception-free conduct 非欺骗行为

10. Mukti –
Liberation 解脱

‘Sevya
kshantimrardvmarjvshoye ch sanyamtyago

Satyo tapo brahmakinchanyanilop dharmvidhi’

(Acharya
Hemachandra: Yogashastra Prakash 4, Sloka 13)

It means religion consists
of ten-fold currents:

它意味着宗教可分为10支：

1. Shanti –
Peace 禅定

2. Narmarta
– Humility 谦卑

3. Arjava -
Non-deceitfulness 诚实

4. Shaucha -
Purity (in thought, speech and action)
纯洁（在思想，言语和行动上）

5. Sanyam -
Self-restraint 自律

6. Tyaga –
Renunciation 舍弃

7. Satya –
Truthfulness 善言

8. Tapa –
Penance 苦行

9. Brahmacarya – Chastity 禁欲

10. Akinchanya - Non-attachment 情禁

I hope that by a sincere
attempt to follow and practice in daily life the ten universal virtues
vividly explained in this book, every aspirant for eternal bliss will
undergo a vast change in his life and will realize the real meaning and
purpose of man’s existence in this world.